| A Beautiful Exchange |  | Artist: Hillsong Live
Label: EMI Christian Music Group
Category: Music
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 658
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4.9 x 0.4
EAN: 5099963135022
ASIN: B003LWLGH0
Release Date: June 29, 2010
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| Tracks:
| • | Our God Is Love | | • | Open My Eyes | | • | Forever Reign | | • | The One Who Saves | | • | Like Incense/Sometimes By Step | | • | The Greatness Of Our God | | • | The Father's Heart | | • | You | | • | Love Like Fire | | • | Believe | | • | Beautiful Exchange | | • | Thank You | | • | Forever Reign (Radio Version) |
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Product Description
Hillsong Live returns with an all-new album entitled, A Beautiful Exchange. Recorded at Hillsong Church in Australia, these powerful worship songs explore themes including sacrifice & redemption ("A Beautiful Exchange"), extraordinary love ("Our God Is Love"), and comforting hope ("Forever Reign") which is also the first radio single and looks to be a song that will be quickly adopted by churches everywhere. Hillsong Live albums are moving experiences led by worship leaders including Reuben Morgan, Joel Houston, and Darlene Zschech to name a few. Other key songs include: "Open My Eyes," "Love Like Fire," & "Greatness of God"
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 Hillsong LIVE [A Beautiful Exchange] June 29, 2010
Kevin R. Davis (Perkasie, PA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
With more than 11-million albums sold worldwide, Hillsong LIVE returns with 12 new songs for its 19th recording, A Beautiful Exchange, set to release June 29th on Sparrow Records. The album was recorded live Nov. 8th along with thousands of worshippers gathered together in Sydney Australia and features new songs by worship leaders Reuben Morgan, Joel Houston, Darlene Zschech and others. Known for such worldwide worship anthems as "Shout To The Lord," "Mighty To Save," "From the Inside Out," "Hosanna," and "Desert Song," I eagerly await each new Hillsong release and A Beautiful Exchange is truly stellar and my top overall album by Hillsong LIVE.
A Beautiful Exchange opens with a new song co-written by Joel Houston called "Our God Is Love." Right from the opening drum beat and Coldplay-style guitar riffs, I was hooked immediately. If you are looking for new worship songs to sing with fellow believers, this album is chock-full of congregational songs, especially the next pair of songs "Open My Eyes," co-written by Reuben Morgan, and "Forever Reign," co-written by Reuben Morgan and Jason Ingram. The lyrics are excellent and worshipful and for me, this track order is the best of all of the Hillsong collections. The musical styles blend perfectly. A studio version of "Forever Reign" is also the last track and is the first radio single from A Beautiful Exchange. Nashville-based artists have been covering Hillsong to much acclaim and radio success, most recently Laura Story's recording of "Mighty To Save" and Selah's recording of "Hosanna." "Forever Reign" has a great bridge "my heart will sing, no other Name...Jesus, Jesus" and is the stand-out song on the collection. "The One Who Saves" keeps the reflective flow going into my personal favorite recording on the album "Like Incense/Sometimes By Step." Brooke Ligertwood co-wrote and sings her original song as a medley with the Rich Mullins song and I can't get enough of this song. You'll be singing along at the top of your lungs with the crowd and then at some point hopefully with your church congregation. Great song.
"Greatness Of Our God" is co-written by Reuben Morgan, Jason Ingram and Stu Garrard of Delirious? Darlene Zschech sings the lead vocals and the song reminds me of the classic "I Give You My Heart." Back to the Coldplay musical style, "The Father's Heart" picks up the tempo with a solid drum beat and will have you clapping and singing along with this worship anthem which includes a "Viva La Vida" style keyboard/string part. "You" was written by Joel Houston and keeps the electronic beat going, this time mixing in the signature Hillsong Brit-Rock type guitar riffs. "Love Like Fire" was written by Matt Crocker, who wrote one of my favorite songs from the last Hillsong UNITED album, "Oh You Bring."
"Believe" was written by Reuben Morgan and Darlene Zschech and reminds me of "The Potter's Hand." It is wonderful to hear Darlene singing great new worship anthems as her songs "Shout To The Lord" and "My Redeemer Lives" all but started the female worship leader genre. The title track "Beautiful Exchange" was written by Joel Houston and similar to "Tear Down The Walls" from the Hillsong UNITED album, it has an epic and ambient feel and really draws you in to worship our amazing God who made the exchange of His only Son Jesus to save us from our sins. "Thank You" closes out the live recordings before the studio version of "Forever Reign."
CLOSING THOUGHTS
If you are looking for new worship songs to sing with fellow believers, this album is chock-full of congregational songs, especially "Open My Eyes," "Like Incense/Sometimes By Step," "Greatness Of Our God," "The Father's Heart," "Thank You" and "Forever Reign." I eagerly await each new Hillsong release and A Beautiful Exchange is truly stellar and my top overall album by Hillsong LIVE.
"A Beautiful Worship",a live CD by Hillsong. July 3, 2010
M. Mariba (south africa)
This is another wonderful release by Hillsong "A Beautiful Exchange", a live CD recording by this bestselling Gospel group from Hillsong Church, Sydney,Australia.The church is lead by the ever dependable Pastor Brian Houston.Hillsong is one of the best Gospel group today & this is their 19th album recorded live : a great presentation of Gospel music at its highest level lead by Reuben Morgan, Joel Houston & the ever wonderful Darlene Zschech among others as worship leaders!My favourites from 12 songs in this CD are "A Beautiful Exchange" (title track), "Our God Is Love","Love Like Fire","Greatness Of God" & "Forever Reign". "Forever Reign" is the first radio single & many commentators are predicting this song to be soon a classic!This a great release by this great Gospel group delivering great worship songs at the highest level Live! This is a highly recommended CD, this CD deserves more than five stars!
Awesome July 31, 2010
Dancing hummingbird (SC)
I saw these guys in concert just a week ago! Whether from the album, or live--the worship they bring is awesome! A Beautiful Exchange is an incredible album. The title track is so powerful. I bought the album the day it released--and have listened to it over and over! It's so simple but profound, and they focus on what's most important--lifting up Jesus and praising him for all that he has done and offered to us! Great music from an amazing group of worshippers!!
Hillsong Live | A Beautiful Exchange August 23, 2010
Ryan J. Rotman
Hillsong Live has given us another fantastic worship album with A Beautiful Exchange. This album holds a collection of songs that come straight from the heart of a body of believers that are seeking hard after God. After listening to the album, these aren't just words put to music, these are prayers that are set to music and offered as worship to a Holy God, a God of love, a God who saves. These are all songs that are set in a vertical setting, they're being sung to God, not about God. I think these are exactly the type of songs the church needs. We have so many songs that are in the context of singing about God, we need songs that are sung to Him. These are songs that I believe the church can connect with.
Our God Is Love: An upbeat song, and as the opening track on the CD this would also be a great song as an opening of a service as a call to worship. Every soul every beating heart, every nation and every tongue. Come find hope in the love of the Father. All creation will bow as one. Lift their eyes, see the risen Son, Jesus, Saviour forever and after.
Open My Eyes: Another upbeat song with a lot of energy and the musical arrangement is great. I like this song because there is already an understanding by the believer on the greatness of God, but there is also a longing to continue to learn more. So open my eyes oh God, open my eyes to see all the wonders and the power of Your name. By Your grace I'll live, by Your grace I'll see, for my life and my salvation is in You.
Forever Reign: I believe this is an anthem that the church at large can really grab hold of. It's a little slower with a melody that is easy to catch on to. In times of such uncertainty, when we feel like there's nothing left, we have a God who loves us and has outstretched His arms for us to run into, a picture of the cross and salvation. I'm running to Your arms, I'm running to Your arms, the riches of Your love will always be enough. Nothing compares to Your embrace. Light of the world forever reign.
 Hillsongs' Satisfying "Exchange" July 21, 2010
Timothy Yap (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Prime Cuts: Believe, Greatness of Our God, Incense/Sometimes By Step
Hillsong rose to fame because it's worship music with a difference. Headed initially by former worship pastor Darlene Zschech, Hillsong music carved a niche for female worship leaders in a genre often overcrowded by a trough of anonymous-sounding male singers. And for 19 albums (released perennially during July), the Hillsong team has always resisted the urge to tackle cover music with the bulk of their canon coming from their own core team. However, ever since 2008's "This is Our God," Darlene Zschech has receded to the background. Her own compositions have become fewer and she was only featured as lead vocalist on a couple of songs. Taking over in burgeoning capacity is Hillsong senior pastor's son Joel Houston and the Hillsong United Team. In many ways, the rugged often rock based male led lead vocals have pilfered the team of their uniqueness that once set them apart. Like many other worship projects out there--it's again male based with heavy pop rock as their sonic template. 2010's "A Beautiful Exchange" continues on the same deprecating spiral with a couple of redeeming points: Darlene Zschech (for the first time since 2007's "Mighty to Save") is back on the CD cover and they have restricted the pool of lead singers to make the whole project more cohesive.
Naturally, the best songs are those led by Darlene Zschech. Unlike the other vocalists, Zschech shows a mastery of capturing the texture of the song's lyrics. A classic example being the gorgeous worship ballad "Greatness of Our God:" starting off softly showing her vulnerability she confesses her anxieties before God. As she abandons her smallness before God's grandeur and sovereignty, the song climaxes to an anthemic chorus with Zschech showcasing some of her most soaring moments in worship. Prepare for some faith-building moments with "Believe" (sadly the only co-composition by Zschech with Rueben Morgan) as this reflective ballad is the perfect example of what a worship song ought to be like--God-exalting lyrics set within the context of our everyday experiences. Christ's atoning work is celebrated in Ben Fielding led "The One Who Saves." Though Zschech sings only the harmony vocals, the song has a more heartfelt quality because of her vocals.
Of the non-Zschech involved songs, the standout is Brooke Ligertwood's "Incense/Sometimes By Step." Tagging on newly crafted verses to Rich Mullins' worship favourite "Step By Step," Ligertwood has strung together words from the Psalms that demonstrates a love to follow God's Word. Ligertwood's rendition is rife with Godly-passion and it truly is a high point in the worship experience. Matt Crocker's delivery of the self-penned "Love Like Fire" though a little pedantic in its lyrical content is firey in its execution. While the title cut "A Beautiful Exchange" is an over ten-minute ethereal worship piece that's a little over-indulgent. Lead single "Forever Reign" bears all the stamp of a future worship staple. With its infectious melody, thumping rhythm, and its thundery anthemic feel, these are all litanies that would make this a future Hillsong favourite. Nevertheless, the crowning moment of "Forever Reign" is the tag line in the chorus "I'm running to your arms"--a cry that gives expression of the heart for God.
Frankly, the nadir of the album is the duo of Joel Houston-led songs. His gravel-like vocals often lacks clarity-- try figuring out the words to "Our God is Love" without the lyric sheet. Lacking in originality and freshness, both "You" and "Our God is Love" are sonic chameleons in the world of Tomlins, Auges and Newsboys. Even Rueben Morgan's "Thank You" and "Open My Eyes" fail to live up the lofty standard he's capable of. Bring Darlene Zschech back more to the microphone and let Brooke Ligertwood's pen flow more freely, these are the two ladies that have and will set Hillsong Music apart. And rightly so, they are a unique church group and they deserve to be.
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